Advanced Paediatric Audiologist​/Team Leader Paediatric Audiology

Advanced Paediatric Audiologist / Team Leader Paediatric Audiology NHS AfC:
Band 7

Main area Paediatric Audiology Grade NHS AfC:
Band 7
Contract Permanent

Hours:

37.5 hours per week

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

Job
-NOTSS-7622556-B7
Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford
Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 03/02/2026 23:59

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital
, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit

We are looking for three band 7 Advanced Paediatric Audiologists / Clinical Scientists to join us at Oxford University Hospitals as we expand and reconfigure how paediatric audiology services are delivered by the Trust. We are delighted to have been rated “Full Assurance” in our ICB/NHS England site visit in spring 2025, and have now received funding to further develop our service, including provision of a new paediatric audiology facility at the Horton Hospital in Banbury.

We are looking for forward-thinking and highly motivated individuals to join us on our service development journey.

These are ideal posts for experienced Paediatric Audiologists / Clinical Scientists who would like to further develop their service development, leadership, management and advanced clinical skills. You will be working alongside our other team leaders, reporting to the Head of Paediatric Audiology. We are interested in candidates seeking either a full-time or a part-time role (minimum of 22.5 hrs/week, 0.6 FTE).

The roles are primarily concerned with the delivery of advanced clinical practice in paediatric audiology including behavioural testing in children considered non‑routine, objective testing, and hearing aid fitting and verification. In addition, these posts carry service development and line‑management responsibilities. The post holders will work closely with the Head of Paediatric Audiology in the delivery of the newly configured service. They will be expected to supervise, coach and mentor junior members of staff to ensure that a consistently high-quality clinical service is provided.

Time has been allocated for the leadership, management, training and service development aspects of the role.

You will be an audiologist with BSc or PTP in audiology with additional training in paediatric audiology, or a Clinical Scientist (Audiology) and must be registered with HCPC as a Clinical Scientist or AHCS as an Audiologist. Evidence of further specialist training and experience in paediatric audiology in an NHS context is expected, including provision of hearing aids. You will have highly developed skills in undertaking developmentally appropriate audiological assessments in children of all ages, including those considered non‑routine.

OUH is one of the UK’s largest teaching hospital trusts. We provide a comprehensive paediatric audiology service including assessing babies referred from the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme, the behavioural and objective assessment of children of all ages and the habilitation of children with hearing loss.…